hi,
I was asked this peculiar question in an interview - There's a one line
C code ( the simplest you can assume , a printf statement inside the
main) and a breakpoint has been set at that very first line. The code
compiles and runs but the debugger never reaches that breakpoint. What
could be the possible reason/bug/issue behind this. Does anyone have
any clue to this.
Thanks,
Shishir
16  1741 
On 2006-04-05, shishir <sh************ ****@gmail.com> wrote: hi,
I was asked this peculiar question in an interview - There's a one line
C code ( the simplest you can assume , a printf statement inside the
main) and a breakpoint has been set at that very first line. The code
compiles and runs but the debugger never reaches that breakpoint. What
could be the possible reason/bug/issue behind this. Does anyone have
any clue to this.
Thanks,
An undefined global initializer, maybe?
shishir wrote: hi,
I was asked this peculiar question in an interview - There's a one line
C code ( the simplest you can assume , a printf statement inside the
main) and a breakpoint has been set at that very first line. The code
compiles and runs but the debugger never reaches that breakpoint. What
could be the possible reason/bug/issue behind this. Does anyone have
any clue to this.
Could be a user bug.
Provide more info directed in the proper channel for your particular
platform/compiler/debugger for more answers.
"shishir" <sh************ ****@gmail.com> wrote: I was asked this peculiar question in an interview - There's a one line
C code ( the simplest you can assume , a printf statement inside the
main) and a breakpoint has been set at that very first line. The code
compiles and runs but the debugger never reaches that breakpoint. What
could be the possible reason/bug/issue behind this. Does anyone have
any clue to this.
Clearly the interviewer had read the FAQ, and you haven't.
HTH; HAND.
Richard
Where can I find the FAQ?
Thanks!
"Richard Bos" <rl*@hoekstra-uitgeverij.nl> дÈëÏûÏ¢ÐÂÎÅ
:44************ ****@news.xs4al l.nl... "shishir" <sh************ ****@gmail.com> wrote:
I was asked this peculiar question in an interview - There's a one line
C code ( the simplest you can assume , a printf statement inside the
main) and a breakpoint has been set at that very first line. The code
compiles and runs but the debugger never reaches that breakpoint. What
could be the possible reason/bug/issue behind this. Does anyone have
any clue to this.
Clearly the interviewer had read the FAQ, and you haven't.
HTH; HAND.
Richard
"Chang Feng" <cy****@metarne t.com> writes: Where can I find the FAQ?
Thanks!
A Google search for "comp.lang. c FAQ" or "C FAQ" would have found
<http://www.c-faq.com/>.
Please also read <http://www.caliburn.nl/topposting.html > and
<http://clc-wiki.net/wiki/Introduction_to _comp.lang.c>.
--
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keit h) ks***@mib.org <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
San Diego Supercomputer Center <*> <http://users.sdsc.edu/~kst>
We must do something. This is something. Therefore, we must do this.
On 2006-04-05, Richard Bos <rl*@hoekstra-uitgeverij.nl> wrote: "shishir" <sh************ ****@gmail.com> wrote:
I was asked this peculiar question in an interview - There's a one line
C code ( the simplest you can assume , a printf statement inside the
main) and a breakpoint has been set at that very first line. The code
compiles and runs but the debugger never reaches that breakpoint. What
could be the possible reason/bug/issue behind this. Does anyone have
any clue to this.
Clearly the interviewer had read the FAQ, and you haven't.
HTH; HAND.
Richard
Great "advice". And would be much more helpful had you provided a link or an
excerpt from the FAQ to help. Or was your only reason to reply to
belittle the OP who may, or may not, have been aware of the FAQ?
To the OP : dig around here if you have web access - http://c-faq.com/
In addition, what is HTH and HAND? I thought acronyms were frowned
upon here?
--
Aspirat primo Fortuna labori.
-- Virgil, and all good teachers
Richard G. Riley wrote: To the OP
ITYM Original Poster
I thought acronyms were frowned upon here?
It looks like you didn't.
--
pete
On 2006-04-09, pete <pf*****@mindsp ring.com> wrote: Richard G. Riley wrote:
To the OP
ITYM Original Poster
I thought acronyms were frowned upon here?
It looks like you didn't.
Fair point ... ( I didnt know an acronym for that...).
On Sun, 9 Apr 2006 14:48:11 +0200, in comp.lang.c , "Richard G. Riley"
<rg****@gmail.c om> wrote: On 2006-04-05, Richard Bos <rl*@hoekstra-uitgeverij.nl> wrote: "shishir" <sh************ ****@gmail.com> wrote:
Clearly the interviewer had read the FAQ, and you haven't.
Great "advice". And would be much more helpful had you provided a link or an
excerpt from the FAQ to help.
About every fourth post here, not to mention the regular 'welcome'
message, mentions it. And frankly anyone who can't use google is
probably not going to make a programmer anyway.
In addition, what is HTH and HAND? I thought acronyms were frowned
upon here?
What on earth gave you that idea?
Mark McIntyre
--
"Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place.
Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are,
by definition, not smart enough to debug it."
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